What is your impression of the first 9-weeks of high school?  What has been difficult about the transition from middle school?  What has been easy about the transition?  What have you learned about yourself?

In the first nine weeks of school I haven't done too well. I've missed a lot of days of school for being sick and not done a lot of work. The hardest part of the transition from middle school to high school has definitely been my sleep schedule. I went from waking up at close to 7:20 to waking up at 5:25, almost a full two hours ahead. It causes me to feel more tired each day, and if I spend too long doing homework in the night, I will end up getting minimal amounts of sleep each night. If there is any easy part, it's that nothing. Nothing has been easy. I share classes with none of my friends, my sleep is messed up, the work is harder, in general it's been an adjustment that I'm not quite into yet, even after nine weeks. As for what I've learned about myself, I.... really don't know....

Trends and Factors

POIT Questions

What 3 trends do you see in computer evolution? AND Why?

Computers have been developing to become more and more graphically pleasant, with the main cores of the computer staying relatively stable, as GPU quality has been growing at an unheard of rate, with the other parts becoming advanced only to handle the capacity of these parts. 

You can also see the changing UI of windows to evolve to become more pleasant.

Also, the ability to spread the internet farther and faster could help PCs evolve in many ways, possibly in the future desktops a with wifi connection can be standard with high internet speeds.

Name 3 factors that drive technological innovation?

In terms of a PC, gaming has driven it quite far. At least in terms of what's inside of a PC. With millions of people willing to spend top dollar on the best graphics, you better believe companies will be building better things.

Other things that spur it are simply to keep it up to standards.

 Also building supercomputers that can handle tons and tons of information and store unheard of amounts for businesses could be a major project.

True or False

(For School) Apex POIT True/False

The first computer programmer was a woman.

 -True (Ada Lovelace)

The first computer was built in 1975.

 -False (1910)

Apple made the world's first user-friendly PC.

 -True

Binary numbers are counted by twos.

 -False (0s and 1s)

A notebook computer is the same as a laptop.

 -True

Computers come in only 3 sizes; desktop, notebook, and tablet.

 -False

All PCs use the Microsoft Windows operating system.

 -False

People with a lot of data often own their own mainframe computer.

 -False

Most modern supercomputers are made up of clusters of computers.

 -True

Anticipation guide

AOIT/POIT Q&A

As long as I can check my E-Mail and surf the web, I am computer literate.

-Disagree

All computer systems are basically alike on the inside.

-STRONGLY Disagree

Peer to Peer networks are a great way to share all kinds of files.

-Agree

Open Source Software is the wave of the future. Soon it won't matter what kind of machine a person has, because everything will be open source and easily translatable from one operating system to another,

-Disagree

Although computer programmers should focus on learning the very latest programming languages, older programs written in languages like C, are still important to learn.

-Disagree

Unrestricted access to technology is a fundamental human right.

-Disagree

If I get a job in the computer industry, I will never have to worry about being unemployed.

-Disagree